Bill compartment



May 10, 1949. s. K. WEAVER BILL COMPARTMENT Filed NOV. 9, 1945 Patented May 10, 1949 BILL COMPARTMENT Galen K. Weaver, Alliance, Ohio, assignor to The McCaskey Register Company, Alliance, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application November 9, 1945, Serial No. 627,626

6 Claims.

1 The invention relates to bill compartments such as are provided in cash drawers for cash registers and the like, and more particularly to a bill compartment which eliminates the necessity of using the customary bill weight such as is commonly used in present practice. 5 The cash drawer, a portion of which is shown in Cash drawers as now in general use are prothe drawing and indicated generally at IU, may vided with bill compartments of suitable dimenbe formed of any suitable material, perferably sions to accommodate paper money in flat condimolded in one piece as indicated in the drawing, tion and are equipped with hingedly mounted bill and the bill compartments, indicated generally at weights which must be manually operated to place II, are formed in the drawer and preferably of bills in or remove them from a compartment. the shape shown so that a bill is bent or folded This not only necessitates continual manipulainto substantially U-shape as indicated in broken tion by the operator whenever a transaction is lines at B in Fig. 3. made involving paper money, but since these com- If desired, the bill Comp tments ay b of partments are of a size to accommodate the bills suitable dimensions to accommodate bills in flat in flat condition, and several such bill compartcondition but the shape of compartment illusments are provided in a cash drawer to accommotrated is preferable as it requires so much less date bills of different denominations, they require room in the drawer, and since several bill coma cash drawer of considerable size. partments are ordinarily provided in each cash The object of the present invention is to prodrawer to accommodate bills of various denomina vide a bill compartment which is so constructed tions, a considerable saving in Sp ce is P ss e that no bill weight is required to retain paper with the typ of bill Compartment i tedmoney therein. As illustrated, two opposed walls l2 and I3 of Another object is to provide a bill compartment each compartment may be straight sided and parhaving bill engaging projections on its side walls. allel while the ot er tWO Walls, indicated at A further object is to provide such a bill comare curved toward each other at their lower ends partment with detachably mounted posts having as at l5 merging into the bottom wall l6 of the bill engaging projections thereon. compartment.

A still further object is to provide a bill com- For the purpose of retaining the bills in each partment of the character referred to so concompartment, a plurality of projections such as structed that paper money is folded into U-shape the rounded knobs I! may be prov e DOH t e when placed therein. lower portion of each straight side wall l2 and I3,

It is another object of the invention to provide these pr je t n opposed Walls being s sp d a bill compartment so shaped and constructed from each other that they will catch the edge P that no manipulation is required other than the tions of a bill when the same is inserted into the placing of the bills in the compartment or recompartment, as indicated at B in Fig. 3. moving them therefrom. Although the projections or knobs I! may be The above objects, together with others which formed integrally upon the side Walls l2 and I3 will be apparent from the drawing and following of the bill compartment, they are preferably description, or which may be later referred to, formed upon detachably connected members may be attained by constructing the improved which may be removed and replaced in the event bill compartment in the manner hereinafter dethe projections become too badly worn by long scribed in detail, and illustrated in the accomuse to properly retain the bills in the compartpanying drawing, in which: ment.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a For this purpose posts I 8 and I!) may be procash drawer showing two bill compartments convided, each provided with projections or knobs structed in accordance with the invention; Ill and adapted to be detachably mounted so that Fig. 2 a vertical, sectional View through the two the projections are in the proper position to rebill compartments, taken as one the line 22, tain the bills in the compartments.

Fig. 1; The posts l8 may be located in suitable cut out Fig. 3 a vertical, sectional view through one bill portions 20 of partition walls and provided with compartment, taken as on the line 33, Fig. 2; projections or knobs I! on opposite sides so as to Fig. 4 a detached, perspective view of one of the accommodate two adjoining bill compartments, detachable posts, with bill retaining projections while the post l9 may be formed substantially thereon, such as used in a partition wall between two bill compartments; and

Fig. 5 a similar view of one of the posts such as used in the outer walls of the bill compartments.

half round and adapted to be inserted into suitable cutout portions 2! in the end walls of the compartments and provided with projections I! on only one side.

Each post [8 may be provided at its lower end with the annular shoulder 22 adapted to be received in the opening 23 in the bottom wall of the cash drawer and terminating in an enlarged annular fiange 24 adapted to be received in the recess 25 in the bottom Wall of the cash drawer, screws 26 or the like being provided to be received through the apertures 21 in the atlange 24 and to be screwed into the bottom wall of the cash drawer to detachably mount the post F8 in position in a partition wall I3 between adjacent bill compartments.

Each post l9 may be provided at its lower end with the half-round shoulder 28 and half-round flange 29 adapted to be attached to the bottom wall of the cash register by screws 39 passing through apertures 31 in the flange 29.

The half-round shoulder 28 fits within a suitable opening 32 in the bottom wall of the cash drawer and the flange '29 is received Within a recess 33 therein.

\Kfith this construction no bill weights are required and the only manipulation necessary is to place the bills down in the compartment in the manner shown in Fig. 3, the side edges of the bills engaging under the projections N and retaining the bills in the compartment, while no manipulation is necessary to remove a 'bill other than to grasp it in the finger-s and pull it out of the compartment.

I claim:

1. A bill compartment for cash drawers and the like comprising two opposed straight sided walls and two opposed walls curved toward each other at their lower ends and merging into a bottom wall so as to define a compartment of substantially U-shape and of suitable dimensions to receive bills folded into substantially U-shape, and projections upon the vertical 'centralportions of the two opposed straight sid-edwa-lls located so as to engage over opposite edges of the central portions of the folded bills.

2. A bill compartment for cash drawers and the like comprising two opposed straight sided walls and two opposed walls curved toward each other at their lower ends and merging into a bottom Wall so as to define a compartment of substantially U-shape and of suitable dimensions to receive bills folded into substantially U-shape, and vertically spaced, rounded projections upon the vertical central portions of the two opposed straight sided walls :located .soas to engage over opposite edges of the central portions of the folded bills.

3. A bill compartment for cash drawers and the like comprising two opposed straight sided walls and two opposed walls curved towardeac'h other at their lower ends and merging into a bottom wall so as to define a compartment of substantially U-shape and of suitable dimensions to receive bills folded into substantially U-shape, and detachable members located at the vertical central portions of the two opposed straight sided walls and having projections thereon located so as to engage over opposite edges of the central portions of the folded bills.

4. A bill compartment for cash drawers and the like comprising two opposed straight sided walls and two opposed walls curved toward each other at their lower ends and merging into a bottom wall so as to define a compartment of substantially U-shape and of suitable dimensions to receive bills folded into substantially U-shape, and detachable members located at the vertical central portions of the two opposed straight sided walls and having vertically spaced, rounded projections thereon located so as to engage over 0pposite edges of the central portions of the folded bills.

5. A bill compartment for cashdrawers and the like comprising two opposed straight sided walls and two opposed walls curved toward each other at their lower ends and merging into a bottom wall so as to define a compartment of substantially U-shape and of suitable dimensions to receive bills folded into substantially U-shape, and detachable posts located at the vertical central portions of the two opposed straight sided walls and having projections thereon located so as to engage over opposite edges of the central portions of the folded bills.

6. A bill compartment for cash drawers and the like comprising two opposed straight sided walls and two opposed walls curved toward each other at their lower ends and merging into a bottom wall so as to define a compartment of substantially U-shape and of suitable dimensions to receive bills folded into substantially U-shape, and detachable posts located at the vertical central portions of the two opposed straight sided walls and having vertically spaced, rounded projections thereon located so as to engage over opposite edges of the central portions of the folded bills.

GALEN K. WEAVER.

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